Muslim world is more peaceful than media would have us believe

The Salt Lake Tribune ^ | 8/25/2003 | Gwynne Dyer

[Utah Girl]

If the shoe fits...

[Utah Girl]

Ping

[BenLurkin]

Seems to me that the violent actions speak for themselves, especially when accompanied by these "peaceful" people dancing in the streets in celebration.

[WOSG]

oh yeah, good timing for a whine about too much reporting on muslim terrorist violence in the news, right before a bomb goes off in Bombay and kills 44.
Muslim terrorists.

It's news to me.

[Cold Heat]

She had the guts to write this after Islam struck India's Hindu's.

I suppose they were mad about western intrusions and Palestine.

[vpintheak]

Hmmm... Maybe it's because of 90% of all wars or conflicts hapenning around the globe have to do with muslims, and Muslim terrorist extremists. Just a thought.

[Paradox]

Sure, 90% of Muslims are good and decent people, but about 10% of them identify with the Jihadists. Thats some 1 million people. The fact is, I can't think of another religion with that number of up and coming crazed lunatics.

The truth is, there is something FUNDAMENTALLY WRONG with these people and their view of their religion. The other problems in the world are just disconnected whacko's. Islamic Fundamentalism is a globally linked problem.

[Utah Girl]

LOL, I always forget to stipulate that Gwynne is a man, a British man.

[Rome2000]

I won't go on about how kind and friendly most of the people we met were,

You had better, or they will kill you.

[Cold Heat]

OOPS! I forgot............................

[TheCrusader]

"Four out of six: that's how many of the stories were about Muslims who do violent things."

Huh? Where is there any peace in the Muslim world? Daily bloodbaths in Afghanistan, where they pick on little girls and shut down their schools. The Saddamites destroying the peace and standing in the way of democracy in Iraq. Brutal violence between Iraq and Iran for ten years, until there were no more young men left to die. Muslims in Pakistan attacking India and Kashmir almost dialy. Bloosdhed in Indonesia, and Islamic terror attacks in the Philippines. Terror bombings and shootouts in Saudi Arabia. Daily killing of Christians by Muslims in Rwanda, and the Sudan. Brutal oppression of Christians by the Muslims in Lebanon. Palestinian murderers destroying the peace plan in Isreal with unprovoked bus bombings. And of course there is Somalia, Yemen, Syria, and Libya, none of them peaceful nations or bastions of freedom. Wherever there is Islam, there is misery and death.

[Salman]

Sure, 90% of Muslims are good and decent people, but about 10% of them identify with the Jihadists. Thats some 1 million people. The fact is, I can't think of another religion with that number of up and coming crazed lunatics.

Check your math. 10% of 1,200,000,000 is 120,000,000.

[ladyinred]

Sick and tired of these deceptions. While the media screams that our President misled us all about Iraq, they try to really mislead us with this sort of drivel.

[thoughtomator]

Sadly, you're wrong, 10 percent represents 120 million people, not 1 million. Which represents a lot of ammunition. I hope we're properly stocked up.

[bluefish]

A girly-man maybe..

[Paradox]

Check your math. 10% of 1,200,000,000 is 120,000,000.

Yikes! Its late here on the East Coast! The actual figure makes the situation more grim indeed.

[Migraine]

Incredible, willful ignorance! The Basques are no threat to civilized society worldwide; neither are the FARCs; neither are the Hutus or the Tutsies. But please, don't tell me this writer has no knowledge of the worldwide scope of Islamic gutter terror.
Nope. You'll never see a news story about the fact that the planets in their orbits are going along like clockwork, nor that the tilt of the earth with respect to the plane of its orbit remains a remarkably constant 23.5 degrees from vertical. These things are to be expected. Just as decent behavior is expected from people. So don't act so shocked that the news isn't full of Arabs in the street going "Salaam, Salaam" to everyone they meet.

[metalboy]

A guy goes into a cave by himself for a few nights and afterwards tells others he has been spoken to by God thus the origin of Islam. A guy tells everyone he is the son of god and heals the sick and gets crucified and comes back from the dead thus christianity is born. (Sound like doctors of today dealing with scumbag lawyers) From these two guys, millions upon millions of people have been murdered and countless other lives have been destroyed. It`s still going on. Religion is good...for the individual. When it gets organized it`s not good. Spirituality is personal and you can use those guys as examples or you can use them as inspiration. When a group forms, watch out baby. All organized religion can shove it as far as I`m concerned. When the human race can get an average IQ above 20 I`ll support organized religin, but as for now, I compare it to sex or shitting..Get your face outta mine while I`m doing it.

[Utah Girl]

You don't need to be so crude to express your dislike of religion.

[quidnunc]

Gwynne Dwyer fell hook, line and sinker for that phony study by a fictitious think tank in Pennsylvania which purported to prove that Dubya was the dumbest president in modern history and Bill Clinton the most intelligent.

It went on to say that the various Democrat presidents were head and shoulders smarter than the Republicans.

He even wrote a whole column about it.

That wil give you some idea of his perspicacity.